Regen

See also: regen, régen, and Ręgen

German

Alternative forms

• Reegen (obsolete)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈreːɡən/, [ˈʁeː.ɡŋ̍], [-ɡən]

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• Hyphenation: Re‧gen

Etymology 1

From Middle High German regen, from Old High German regan, from Proto-West Germanic *regn, from Proto-Germanic *regną. Cognate with Yiddish רעגן (regn), Dutch regen, English rain, Danish regn.

Noun

Regen m (strong, genitive Regens, plural Regen)

1. rain

Usage notes

The plural form is seldom used.

Declension

Declension of Regen [masculine, strong]

	singular			plural
	indef.	def.	noun	def.	noun
nominative	ein	der	Regen	die	Regen
genitive	eines	des	Regens	der	Regen
dative	einem	dem	Regen	den	Regen
accusative	einen	den	Regen	die	Regen

Derived terms

• Eisregen
• Geldregen
• Nieselregen
• regenarm
• Regenbildung
• Regenbogen
• Regenfall
• Regenguss
• Regenmantel
• Regenpfeifer
• Regenrinne
• Regenschauer
• Regenschirm
• Regentropfen
• Regenwahrscheinlichkeit
• Regenwald
• Regenwasser
• Regenwetter
• Regenwolke
• Regenwurm
• Regenzeit
• regnen
• regnerisch
• saurer Regen
• Schneeregen
• Sprühregen
• Starkregen
• warmer Regen

 

Further reading

• “Regen” in Duden online
• “Regen” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon
• “Regen” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
• Friedrich Kluge (1883) “Regen”, in John Francis Davis, transl., Etymological Dictionary of the German Language, published 1891

Etymology 2

The river name is the oldest, attested in Latin sources as Regana, Reganum, or Reganus, of unknown further ancestry.

Proper noun

der Regen m (proper noun, strong, usually definite, definite genitive des Regens)

1. A river in Bavaria

Derived terms

• Regendorf
• Regenhütte
• Regenpeilstein
• Regensburg
• Regenstauf
• Reinhausen
• Weißenregen

 

Proper noun

Regen n (proper noun, genitive Regens or (optionally with an article) Regen)

1. A town and rural district of Lower Bavaria, Bavaria, Germany

Derived terms

• Regener

Proper noun

Regen m or f (proper noun, surname, masculine genitive Regens or (with an article) Regen, feminine genitive Regen, plural Regens or Regen)

1. a surname transferred from the place name

See also

• Sächsisch Regen, historical German name of the Romanian city of Reghin.

German Low German

Noun

Regen m (no plural)

1. Alternative form of Ręgen (rain)

Norwegian Nynorsk

Alternative forms

• Regin (Midlandsnormalen)

Etymology

From Old Norse Reginn, likely related to regin (“the gods, the powers”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /²rɛː.ʝən/, /²rɛɪː.ən/, /²rɛː.ɡən/

Proper noun

Regen m

1. (Norse mythology) name of a dwarf